Masti (2004 film)

Masti
File:Moviepostermasti.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Indra Kumar
Produced by	Ashok Thakeria
Written by	Milap Zaveri, Tushar Hiranandani
Starring	Ajay Devgan Ritesh Deshmukh Aftab Shivdasani Vivek Oberoi Amrita Rao Lara Dutta Tara Sharma Genelia D'Souza
Music by	Anand Raj Anand
Cinematography	Mazhar Kamran
Edited by	Sanjay Sakla
Production company	Maruti International
Release dates	9 April 2004 (2004-04-09)
Running time	166 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹5 crore (US$740,000)
Box office	₹26.75 crore (US$4.0 million) (India gross)

Masti (English translation: Mischief) is a 2004 Bollywood comedy and mystery film directed by Indra Kumar, and starring Ajay Devgan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Amrita Rao, Aftab Shivdasani, Lara Dutta, Tara Sharma and Genelia D'Souza. The film released on 9 April 2004, and received positive response from critics, and also managed to do well at the box office, turning out to be a moderate success at the box office. Masti was also amongst the low number of Bollywood adult comedy movies at the time of its release. It is the first installment of Masti film series.

Synopsis

Masti revolves around three bachelors, Meet (Vivek Oberoi), Prem (Aftab Shivdasani) and Amar (Ritesh Deshmukh). Their lives are good until they get married and their lives turn to hell. Meet marries Anchal (Amrita Rao) who is obsessively possessive about her husband. Prem marries Geeta (Tara Sharma) who is overly religious and thus their sex life suffers. Amar marries Bindiya (Genelia D'Souza) who is dominating and lives with her mother (Archana Puran Singh). The friends get together one night and try to think of a way to get away from their wives for some time and relive their fun bachelor days. The men set their sights on other women but eventually realize they have all been seeing the same girl, Monica (Lara Dutta). She blackmails them about revealing their affair to their wives for Rs.10 lakhs.

The terrified men arrive at Monica's car with all the money, only to find her dead. To not be accused, they try to hide her body, interrupted by police officer Sikander (Ajay Devgan) who begins to suspect, and then starts following, them. Thereafter, the trio goes to Monica's house for further investigation. Insp. Sikander traces the three who hide at Monica's verandah. Next morning, a mysterious man finds them and reveals that he killed Monica and demands ransom to cover the crime. The trio, guilt-ridden goes to their respective wives to apologise. But the very next day, the killer traces them and chases them in a car. Unknown to them, they shoot the killer and escape but end up in jail. After their wives show up, it is revealed that it was just a prank played on them and reveals Monica is alive and the killer turns to be a police officer. The men then apologise their wives and promise to never do "Masti" again.

Cast

• Ritesh Deshmukh as Amar Saxena
• Vivek Oberoi as Meet Mehta
• Aftab Shivdasani as Prem Chawla
• Genelia Deshmukh as Bindiya Saxena
• Tara Sharma as Geeta Chawla
• Lara Dutta as Monica Singh
• Amrita Rao as Anchal Mehta
• Ajay Devgn as Inspector Sikander
• Satish Shah as Dr. Kapadia
• Archana Puran Singh as Bindiya's mom
• Rakhi Sawant as Ms. Saxena
• Suresh Menon as Prem's co-worker
• Murli Sharma as a Eunuch at band stand
• Divya Palat
• Dinesh Lamba
• Shahbaz Khan as Killer/ Inspector/ Blackmailer

Box office

It did very well at the box office grossing around ₹26.75 crore (US$4.0 million) in India,and was a Hit at the box-office.

Soundtrack

The Soundtrack of the movie is composed by Anand Raj Anand and the lyrics were penned by Sameer.

Songs	Singer(s)
Chain Khuli Ki Main Khuli	Udit Narayan, Anand Raj Anand, & Shaan
Chori Chori Chhora Chhori	Shaan & Kavita Krishnamurthy
Dil De Diya Hai	Anand Raj Anand
Ek Kunwara Phir Gaya Mara	Udit Narayan & Abhijeet
Sayanji Baiyan Chhudake	Gayatri Iyer, Sunidhi Chauhan & Kavita Krishnamurthy

Sequel

A sequel named Grand Masti was released 9 years later on 13 September 2013. The film broke many box office records and was among the highest grossing films crossing 100 Crore mark worldwide. The film was given a "Super Hit" verdict after its theatrical run.

External links

• Masti at IMDb